Donald Glover quotes
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“A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out.”
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“I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun.”
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“I hope a kid listens to my stuff, I hope there's a change made and at least somebody walks away with: "I'm doing this because I like it." People are going to hate it and that's okay, but I have to do it because my happiness is important too, it's worth it.”
-- Donald GloverSource : "Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino backstage at Big Day Out '13". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. March 21, 2013.
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“People are sometimes like: "Oh man, you're so talented and you do a bunch of stuff." I'm not! I swear to god, I'm not. I just like learning stuff, I like doing stuff. And I feel like everybody can definitely do it.”
-- Donald GloverSource : "Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino backstage at Big Day Out '13". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. March 21, 2013.
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“I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing.”
-- Donald GloverSource : "Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino backstage at Big Day Out '13". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. March 21, 2013.
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“I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them.”
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“Rapper, just puts so much connotation on who you are and what is exposed. Even if a lot of it is out-dated, people still bring a lot to it.”
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“I don't think I'm good, I don't think I'm a good rapper. I think a lot of people always want me to battle somebody and stuff like that which is cool, but I don't see myself as a rapper.”
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“I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.”
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“I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further.”
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“There are some rappers out there that I listen to, that I'm like: "You are really good but you could be like the Michael Jordan of rap if you applied yourself." There's a lot of people who are better at basketball than Michael Jordan, but Michael Jordan just wanted to be Michael Jordan, more.”
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“I don't even think I'm that good at rapping, but I think what makes a great rapper - what CAN make a great rapper - is someone who wants to be better.”
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“I try and go to as many places as possible. It's really cool that I even get to see different places.”
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“One thing my dad once said to me, "You either want to be right, or you want to be happy. To be happy, there's gotta be a conversation."”
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“Don't add an eezy to my name, 'cause it has never been that'”
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“Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.”
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“But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.”
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“I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.”
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“I try to be me to the utmost.”
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“I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there.”
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“Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage.”
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“We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.”
-- Donald GloverSource : "Childish Gambino Is Trying To Be A Grown-Up". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. November 15, 2011.
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“When anybody pays you to be creative, you're very lucky.”
-- Donald GloverSource : Interview with Genevieve Koski, tv.avclub.com. March 19, 2010.
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“Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?”
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“I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.”
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“I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.”
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“I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.”
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“The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.”
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“Took the G out yo waffle, all you got left is your ego.”
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“If I'm a ***** spell it right, I got way more than two G's”
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“It seems the more I try to connect with the world, I am feeling more alone than I ever have felt before”
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“I keep it wrapped until i meet the right one 'Cause I ain't Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons”
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“What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh?”
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“I'm a big PAX person... just because it's accessible. I feel like between the weed and the wax it's kind of like BetaMax and VHS. You can carry it around, people don't really know what it is, no smell.”
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“You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty.”
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“Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.”
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“I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.”
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“Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.”
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“I refuse to go back to not liking who I was.”
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“If it makes you nervous- you're doing it right.”
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“Don't be mad cuz I'm doing me better than you doing you.”
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“Yes I'm grown and sexy, and I'm worth the wait. Girls act like I'm the only dude on earth to date.”
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“You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that?”
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“I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome.”
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“The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.”
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“Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.”
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“Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.”
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“If you're on Twitter, what you're saying is, 'I'm important enough for you to care what I think.”
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